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At the Cambridge train show

Great story about the pump engine, well worth reading the Coventry book.

Exactly the ethos on display at the Marina nats last weekend, everything from unmolested originals to immaculate restos and a couple of restomods. Can I interest sir in a supercharged diesel?

Is the temp dial labeled right? 50 - 100 - 140 - 180 - 250 - 235 - 220? Or is that some sort of Italian thing to change direction halfway round?

That was what MG did, with a small fan ducted to the carbs, controlled by a module that used a thermocouple switch and timer, because they were only concerned about cooling the fuel bowls and the MGC had a mechanical fan. The Maestro had electric fans, but they still used a separate small fan for the carbs (looks a bit like a PC fan).

Most BMC stuff had a heat shield between the inlet and exhaust manifolds, or between the carbs and manifold on one-piece cast manifolds. Some MGs had a carb cooling fan. This is one for a MGC. The Maestro 1600 did something similar for its twin Webers, had a wee microprocessor that turned it on when the temp got too hot and kept it on until a set time after it had cooled down.

You have to remember everything was handwritten back then, so it could have been filled in wrong by the salesman or office girl, transcribed wrong by the Post Office clerk, or transcribed wrong when the records were computerized. I imagine very few involved would have had any knowledge of cars or the various manufacturers' coding systems, including most car salesmen (beyond which option codes gave them the biggest commission).

Two became MPs, Inky Tulloch and Paul Adams.

That's a small selection of people.

I missed this post, but went and met @rivalrx.

Re colour, I like that bronze. My dad an XA in Cosmic Blue, so I am partial to that too.

Some stuff from a model railway convention

What did they have new? One piece or two?

Cool, if it's the original engine, rebuild it to stock, it might be worth more as an unmolested genuine original.

Don't play down your skills, Dan, that's "O" for awesome!

Just set the grill back a few inches and call it a mk1 Landy. Although, since it's a cheap copy, call it a Mitsi or Suzuki or Mahindra?

Looking forward to seeing this on Grand Designs Chatham Islands.

That's where they found the remains of Richard Pierce's plane.

The 1622 has a 3 bearing crank, the 1800 had a 3 bearing crank (18GA prefix) until October 1964, when it was replaced by a 5 bearing crank (18GB prefix). Distributor advance curve and carb needles and/or springs will be different.

Twin crab Riley/MG version?

Upgrade kits available, either slotted rotors for the original calipers, or Willwood calipers and vented rotors. Scimitar SE5/5a Brakes L1 Archives - Scimitar Parts The Salisbury axle looks like a Capri V6 item, so a rear disc conversion for a Capri might be an option? Or is it a Mk2 Jag? Might also be worth joining https://scimitarweb.co.uk/

I'd be more concerned about the chassis, brakes, and diff handling more power than an Essex V6.

I thought he only drank lattes?